Attachment for sewing-machines.



v L. M TYNES. ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES. APPLIGATIOIN FILED APLB, 1908.

902,698. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

T I FI LUGIUS MURRY TYNES, OF GLOSTER, MISSISSIPPI.

ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed. April 8, 1908. Serial No. 425,899.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCIUS MURRY TYNES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gloster, in the county of Amite and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Attachment for Sewin -Machines, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to sewing machines, and its objectis to provide an improved form of attachment.

The invention relates further to that form of attachment which is used in connection with a sewing machine for the purpose of making embroidery.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved form of such attachment which may be made of a single piece of resilient Wire.

Another object of the invention is to provide an attachment of the kind described in which the needle of the machine can be at all times seen by the operator.

A still further object'of the invention is to provide, in a device of the kind set forth, a presser foot arranged to hold the cloth to be operated upon in such manner that the needle will, ass between the holding members.

With these and other objects in view, as will hereinafter be set forth the invention consists of a single piece of wire bent and twisted to the shape desired as set forth in the specification.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device as applied to a sewing ma- .chine. Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof, taken on a plane parallel to one of the side arms. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modification of the device removed from the needle bar of the machine.

The numeral 10 indicates the needle bar of a machine and at 11 is shown a needle secured therein by a clamp 12. It is obvious that these parts form no elements of the invention and are simply described and shown in order that the operation of the device may be better understood.

The device itself consists of a V-shaped presser foot 13 provided with upwardly bent ends 14. In the V-shaped presser foot are extensions 15 arranged to continue the end of the V in a direction upward and backward towards the point of the V. The continuations 15 may be provided with bent portions as indicated at 16. It is preferred to connect the parts 14 and 16 by means of a spiral coil 17 at the point of flexure. One end of the wire is bent to form a spiral coil 18. The other end of the wire is bent to form a coil as indicated at 19 and the coils 1S and 19 are so arranged as to interlock From the coil 19 there extends an arm 20 preferably provided with a coiled portion 21. From the coiled portion 21 extends a flexed arm 22 preferably provided with an upwardly bent end 23.

From an inspection of Fig. 1 it will be observed the coils 18 and 19 are arranged to receive the needle 11 and the flexed arm 22 is arranged to lie over a projection on the needle clamp 12.v It will further be observed that the axis of these coils is so arranged as to lie in a plane between the arms 15.

In the form of the device illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, one of the arms 15 .and a portion of one of the'arms 13 is omitted, and no coil is formed at the junction of the arms 13 and 15 which are embodied in the modification. Otherwise the device is substantially the same. I

It will be seen that I have provided a simple and improved device which may be readily fitted to a machine of any make.

What is claimed is An embroidering attachment for sewing machines comprising a wire forming a presser foot V sha ed in plan and with the open end towards the front of the machine, a coil formed at the end of the legs of the V, continuations extending upward and backward therefrom, a vertically coiled end on one of said continuations with a coil on the other continuation interlocking with the coiled. end, the axes of said coils lying within and spaced from the arch of the V, and an arm extending from the last mentioned coil adapted to fit over a projection on a'needle clamp.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

M. E. TYNES, E. O. Wnrr'rme'ron. 

